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A LT E R E D A S P E C T S Student organizes plus-sized runway
Improving on 35 years of fashion
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Each year, Iowa State University has a student-run textile and clothing fashion show showcasing the hard work and unique collections from the students involved. The process of organizing the event lasts a year, from design, model casting, garment turnins, Judging Day and the final show. But the show organizers don’t know what apparel will be submitted until a month before the event and a day before model fitting. Joris (Jojo) Montijo, senior in apparel, merchandising and design, found a conflict with the current timeline for the Iowa State annual fashion show. “I talked to [the fashion show executives] before fit night, and that’s when they told me that they had a variety of plus sizes, so I kept my mind open,” Montijo said. “I wasn’t like, ‘No, if it’s not my model, I don’t want to do it.’ They told me that they have seven plus-size models. And then I talked [to them] again after fit night and I saw all the plus-size
“I remember going up to the DJ stand and watching the show from the back of C.Y. Stephens with the DJ and remember being in complete awe — it’s all coming back right now.” That is what Tyler Clarey, 2008 Iowa State alumnus, remembers during his first year involved with The Fashion Show as the youngest director to date. “Watching all of that live was super thrilling — it was the first time I’d ever experienced something like that at that scale.” This year is the 35th production of The Fashion Show. Thirty-five years of dedication, teamwork and an entirely student-run show that has captivated hundreds of thousands throughout the nation. The Fashion Show’s 35th production will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday in Stephens Auditorium. Over the decades, The Fashion Show has branded itself as an industry-standard show. For Clarey, his biggest project for The Fashion Show was making it bigger and better than ever. “It was an opportunity to push
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Annual StuGov inauguration held Next president, vice president sworn into office Staudt, West condemn incident at Vespers event By ISD Staff
Newly sworn in Vice President Cody Smith stands at the front of the room. In front of hundreds of Iowa State leaders he holds his hands at his side, raising one as he prepares to take his inaugural oath. He looks across the room and at Chief Justice Kevin Boeckholt, who is swearing him in. “Let’s do this,” he says. Smith is no stranger to Student Government, previously serving as a senator and public relations chair this past academic year. He and Cody West, who was sworn in as president Thursday evening at the President’s Dinner, looked to the future during their inaugural address and have high hopes for their administration. One of the biggest pushes by West and outgoing President Cole Staudt was student safety, which West and Smith plan to continue this upcoming year, along with reinstating Iowa State traditions and reinventing residency in Ames. In his inaugural address during Thursday evening’s President’s Dinner, West touched on the canceling of Veishea, a subject still a raw nerve to many in the Iowa State
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Cody West plans to continue to push for student safety as the new president of Iowa State’s Student Government.
community. “As I am sure all of you in this room are aware, we used to have a celebration called Veishea,” West said. “Sadly, this event was cancelled due to riotous behavior by Iowa State students on a Tuesday night in April, and although many of us may be frustrated with the cancellation of Veishea, it is important to note that the negative culture surrounding the event needed to be put to a stop.” West and Smith also hope to in-
crease awareness in regard to campus events by creating a holistic university calendar. The President’s Dinner is an annual event that is intended, according to Staudt, as “a time for us to look back at the last year and kind of turn and pivot to the future.” “It’s to bring our student organization leaders, students, administrators and faculty together to show what Student Government can do, has done and will do,” Staudt said. Jacob Zirkelbach, chief of staff for West and Smith, backed Staudt’s sentiment. “It’s always good to get everyone back together, bring everyone together and talk about the vision,” he said. The dinner cost roughly $6,667, and student and administrative leaders from across campus were welcome to attend. The money that was spent for the event went toward food for about 200 people and the room reservation in the Scheman Building. Each Student Government-funded student organization was notified of the dinner first, with the distribution of two reservations per student organization, according to Staudt. There was also a Google Form sent out by Staudt on Twitter following these emails.
By Nik.Heftman @iowastatedaily.com During their farewell and inaugural speeches, former president of the Iowa State student body Cole Staudt and current president Cody West briefly addressed the events that occurred during the Vespers greek awards Sunday night. “Occurrences such as those at the Vespers ceremony this past weekend serve as a reminder that we still have a tremendous amount of work to do when it comes to issues of diversity and inclusivity on our campus,” West said. According to statements released by Rachel Ramirez, president of the Multicultural Greek Council (MGC), and Billy Boulden, assistant dean of students and director of Greek Affairs, members of the audience at Vespers booed, mocked and made racial slurs toward individuals representing
organizations within MGC and the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) as they accepted their awards at the event. In his speech, Staudt explained that greek chapters within the MGC and NPHC bear unique “calls,” or chants, that members participate in as part of their organization’s tradition. “I had personally never heard one of these calls before, but once I did, I knew that it must be important to them,” Staudt said. “However, some individuals booed and jeered at these calls and the students participating in them. Those actions are completely unacceptable.” West backed Staudt’s sentiment. West said he would work closely with the Student Government Diversity Committee to identify ways that he can “build connections at Iowa State” and bring issues pertaining to diversity “into the light.”
7 NROTC members post explicit photos, face corrective actions By Michael.Heckle @iowastatedaily.com Seven members of Iowa State’s Navy ROTC program will face corrective actions after posting explicit photos on a Facebook page, The Associated Press reported. The AP reported that the explicit photos, which were posted March 4, according to Lt. Sean Brophy, a spokesman for the Naval Service Training Command, featured some of the cadets in
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various locations on the Iowa State campus. The explicit nature of the photos was not reported. The photos were posted on the Facebook page for a student group with ties to the NROTC called the Glorious Order of the Sextant, according to The AP. The page states that the group is “dedicated to the preservation of those nautical, professional, and social traditions of the Iowa State Naval ROTC that are worth preserving.” Brophy told The AP that NROTC leaders were informed of the ca-
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dets’ actions the next day, and that they took immediate action to ensure the photos were taken down from Facebook. He also told The AP that “appropriate administrative actions” had been taken against the cadets, however, due to federal privacy laws, he could not comment on the specific disciplinary action. The midshipmen will remain part of the NROTC program. The report comes just a month after the Defense Department began investigating reports of Marines sharing naked photos
of female Marines and veterans on the Facebook page, “Marines United,” CNN reported. “We take this issue very seriously and categorically do not condone this behavior — it has no place in our military or society, and it does not comport with our core values,” Brophy told The AP. Capt. Scott Curtis, commanding officer of the NROTC program who has trained all 68 members of his battalion on proper social media behavior, notified the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences and the university provost about the incident, according to The AP. Brophy told The AP that the photos were not taken as a part of any NROTC event and that the cadets were not in uniform in the photos. However, the Glorious Order of the Sextant held its initiation ceremony for new members the night prior to the incident, according to The AP. Michael Tallon, president of the Glorious Order of the Sextant, could not be reached for comment.
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